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Shutter Speed: More racing, new friends, better images and more death

January 7, 2010

I was encouraged by Harvey Hudes to show my images around to anyone that would look at them. I decided I’d blow up my favourites and build a portfolio. Naturally any mistakes never saw the light of day and there were many mistakes mostly in the exposure department. I decided to continue the poster business [...]

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Working, sort of, with Ron Dennis

January 7, 2010

It was 1967 and the first Canadian Grand Prix. At the time I was racing my Elva Mk 6 Climax. I had hoped to do some out of Province races but lack of money and vacation time stopped that.
However I was dominating my class in Ont. and seeing how far up I could get among [...]

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Shutter Speed: Posters, dash plaques and a new mentor

December 18, 2009

In the spring of 1968 my wife and son and I moved to the real world away from the mountains and skiing. We chose Toronto. Jobs as now are often found through family and friends. This again proved to be true. Through the same man who got me the Dunlop job I applied for a [...]

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Shutter Speed: A new start, a new car and more racing!

November 21, 2009

I struggled through until spring and realized I needed to get either back to North Bay or head for Toronto where my parents now lived. My Father had been offered a senior position with the Globe and Mail. It was an offer he couldn’t refuse so they moved to the big city. I decided to [...]

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Vintage Lotus fun at Mosport

November 5, 2009

What you see above is the 1962 Lotus Super Seven belonging to Jeremy Sale, just about at the apex of Mosport’s corner 10. This 1,500cc Ford powered Seven is an original car that has been racing for years. It lived with the Baker family for some time and was apparently bent up pretty well. It [...]

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More vintage racing porn: AMX

September 24, 2009

Unfortunately this shot of my Dad’s AMX is in pretty poor condition and wasn’t the best shot to begin with. While there are no details, I suspect this was taken at Mosport, possibly between turns 3 & 4, taken from the infield side. The year was 1969 and there wasn’t much in the way of [...]

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The story of the Mo Carter/Robert Barg ‘67 Camaro

September 22, 2009

Taken at Sebring in 69 during practice for the 12 hr – Rick Stevens co-drove 4 hrs. We finished 25th o/a and 3rd in 5 litre touring – won 1000 bucks. We were amazed to finish in that almost stock Camaro – it was quite the adventure.
We are very lucky to have had [...]

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Vinegaroon

September 6, 2009

After watching the video I posted yesterday, Gary Faules commented on the 1965 Huffaker Genie MK10 race car, nicknamed “Vinegaroon.” This car was owned by Dan Blocker, otherwise known as Hoss from the TV show Bonanza. It was driven by Bob Harris and Canadian John Cannon. Built by Huffaker Engineering in California, this Genie MK10 [...]

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Vintage Sports Cars: 1966 Players 200 at Mosport

September 5, 2009

I dug deep through the archives to find a program to go with this, but nothing from ‘66. ‘67 yes, but no ‘66, so we’ll have to do with a screen shot.
1966, the year before the summer of love. We still had gogo dancing, fast cars and race tracks with next to no thoughts towards [...]

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Heading to Mosport for a bit of camping

August 7, 2009

It has been a bit of a stressful week here in The Garage, so we’re planning to decompress this weekend with a bit of R & R. That is Racing & Relaxation for you newbies!
Following a couple of early ball games tomorrow, Mamma G and I are going to pack the kiddies and the hairy [...]

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